A New Mexico mom is speaking out against pornographic content in her two daughters’ high school curriculum.
One of Monika Bialostocka’s twin daughters brought home a book assigned as part of her English curriculum that graphically depicted pedophilia between a 64-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy, according to an original report last week in Independent Women’s Features, the grassroots journalism arm of Independent Women’s Forum. The incident occurred in Spring 2023.
When Bialostocka questioned the teacher and school administrators at New Mexico School for the Arts, the school refused to remove the book, “Everything is Illuminated” by Jonathan Foer, from the curriculum. Instead, they alerted parents that some books may contain controversial content, according to author of the report Andrea Mew.
Later in the year, the school displayed student artwork in the visual arts department, including some pieces depicting sexual acts, and refused to remove the artwork when Bialostocka complained, according to the report.
“Educators are introducing children to inappropriate things, and kids feel ashamed to talk at home about it,” Bialostocka told Independent Women’s Features.
Following this and other incidents that introduced gender ideology into her daughters’ curriculum at the school, Bialostocka began homeschooling one of her girls. The other daughter remained in the school to complete a jazz guitar program, according to the report. The girl has since graduated.
Mew said Bialostocka’s story highlights the kind of inappropriate content commonly introduced to children in schools across the country, not just in blue states like California and New York.
“Our children should never be exposed to sexually explicit and pornographic materials, let alone have it force-fed to them by their teachers,” American Principles Project President Terry Schilling told The Daily Signal. “Parents deserve transparency from our educators and the ability to object to inappropriate materials they find in their children’s classrooms—especially since it’s their own tax dollars funding schools.”
The American Principles Project is a national political action organization advocating on behalf of the family, according to its website.
A 2024 ranking published in World Population Review ranked New Mexico 47th in the nation for the quality of public school education, based on factors such as test scores, pupil-teacher ratios, and frequency of violence.
“It doesn’t look like New Mexican students are being set up for success,” Mew told The Daily Signal.
A bill Democrats introduced this January in the New Mexico Legislature, the Librarian Protection Act, would prohibit the “banning” of books in public libraries, regardless of content. According to Jodi Hendricks, executive director of the New Mexico Family Action Movement, this law would also apply to school libraries and prevent parents and community school boards from determining what goes in the children’s section in school libraries.
“It’s not about banning books,” Hendricks told The Daily Signal. “It is about protecting our kids from accidentally coming across content they are not ready for.”
According to Mew, the attitude of the people of New Mexico does not align with what public schools are teaching their children.
“We can’t just rely on executive orders,” Mew said, referring to President Donald Trump’s recent abundance of executive orders. “We have to take an approach state by state, making sure that all states are in alignment with federal guidance and bringing the American people back to common sense.”
New Mexico School for the Arts did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment.
This article was originally published at www.dailysignal.com
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